Welcome Home (Coheed and Cambria song)

"Welcome Home"
Single by Coheed and Cambria
from the album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2005
Recorded2005
GenreProgressive metal[1]
Length6:15
4:29 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia, Equal Vision
Producer(s)Michael Birnbaum, Chris Bittner, Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria singles chronology
"In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3"
(2004) 		"Welcome Home"
(2005) 		"The Suffering"
(2006)
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"Welcome Home" is a song by American progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, released on September 20, 2005 through Columbia Records.[2] It is the third track on the album, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. The song was the first single on the album and was made into a music video.[3] The song tells of the hostility in The Writer and Miss Erica Court's relationship in The Amory Wars, according to bandleader Claudio Sanchez. It reached #24 on the Mainstream Rock chart.[4] A 7" version backed by a live-version of "The Crowing" and sold with the album.[2]

The song was featured as a playable track in the game Rock Band,[5] as well as the soundtrack of the Xbox 360 version of Madden NFL 06. It was also the official theme of the re-branded version of NXT between June 2012 and February 2014. It was also included in the trailers of the animated movie 9 and on the film's official soundtrack album.

  1. ^ "Live Review: Coheed and Cambria at Chicago's Congress Theater (2/9)". 10 February 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Coheed And Cambria - Welcome Home". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  3. ^ "Coheed and Cambria "Welcome Home" live". Vimeo. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  4. ^ "Coheed and Cambria - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
  5. ^ Anderson, Kyle (November 2007). "Even Better Than The Real Thing". Spin. Spin Media: 105–110.